Federal Reserve holds interest rates at two-decade high as it waits for inflation to cool

Instead of cutting rates, central bank keeps them between 5.25% and 5.5%, where they have been for nearly a year

UK GDP stagnated in wet April; Wall Street hits record high as US inflation falls – as it happened

UK GDP failed to grow in April, as wet weather hit retailers and construction firms

EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms

Move, to be applied provisionally from July, would trigger duties of more than €2bn a year

Another washout for Rishi Sunak as rain dampens UK growth

GDP figures are not strong enough to help in general election but not weak enough to prompt interest rate cut

UK economy flatlines in blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of recovery

April growth figure 0% as Britain held back by poor retail and construction activity amid wet weather

Poor investment in UK regional cities curbed economic growth, report finds

Standards of living lag behind G7 countries US, France and Germany, as 50th summit approaches

Strong wage growth will further delay cut in UK interest rates, City believes

First cuts not expected until late summer or early autumn despite evidence jobs market is cooling

Pre-election UK interest rate cut unlikely despite cooling jobs market and rising mortgage arrears; Moody’s warns France over snap election – as it happened

Latest UK labour market report shows signs of cooling, as jobless rate hits highest since 2021

Protectionism is slowing growth and entrenching poverty, says World Bank

International cooperation that allowed poorest countries to close gap with wealthiest has fractured, says report

UK unemployment is up, but wage rises make early interest rate cut less likely

Bank of England will want to delay rate reduction until level of pay increases eases

Labour victory would be ‘positive for UK markets’, says JP Morgan; euro slides after European election results – as it happened

Investors are rattled after far right parties make gains in European elections, while analysts at JP Morgan say a Labour win would support UK stocks

Post-Brexit ‘mess’ as Italian driver’s lorry held for 55 hours at UK border post

Antonio Soprano says he was told to walk to a McDonald’s for food as there was none at Sevington

Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell review – a roadmap to the new normal

The economist and Labour candidate for Swansea West offers a hopeful vision of the nation’s future – spurning leftwing utopianism as well as tackling 14 years of creeping decline

UK unemployment rising at fastest pace of OECD countries, analysis shows

TUC says only Costa Rica had similar increase in first quarter as ONS data expected to show further rise in April

EU expected to impose import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Experts believe Beijing will retaliate with measures that could hit European exports from cheese to cognac